Bible Passages That Are Questionable

1. “Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as you obey Christ…” Ephesians 6:5
   
2. “Permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she is to keep silent.” 1 Timothy 2:12
   
3. “If a man meets a virgin who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her, and they are caught in the act, the man who lay with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the young woman’s father, and she shall become his wife. Because he violated her he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.” Deuteronomy 22:28-29
   
4. “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death; their blood is upon them.” Leviticus 20:13
   
5. “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.” Mark 12:19
   
6. “Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy, but the rod of discipline drives it far away.” Proverbs 22:15
   
7. “Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.” Leviticus 19:27
   
8. “‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:28
   
9. “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.” Ephesians 5:21-23
   
10. “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” 1 Timothy 6:10
    
11. “For if a wife will not cover her head, then she should cut her hair short. But since it is disgraceful for a wife to cut off her hair or shave her head, let her cover her head.” 1 Corinthians 11:6
    
12. “To the woman he said, ‘I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children…’” Genesis 3:16
    
13. “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13
    Even non-Christians have seen this verse…likely at a sporting event. Probably on Tim Tebow’s face. This is used as a motivation to get out there, hustle, and win! No hate to Tim or any other high school athlete who sharpie-markered this onto their cleats, but that’s not exactly what this verse means. Rather, this verse is talking about enduring trials. About trusting in the Lord through hard circumstances. The author, Paul, actually wrote this verse from a Roman prison!
    
14. “…and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 13:50
    This is the “fire and brimstone” preacher’s favorite passage! I’ve never heard a sermon on hell that didn’t include this verse. However, a growing number of people are moving away from the belief in a literal hell. In light of that, some people believe this referred to the burning pile of bodies after Rome brutally destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD.
    
15. “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’” John 14:6
    If any verse makes Christianity controversial, this is the one. (Gotta save the best for last, right?) This verse implies that it’s not about doing good things, or just “being a good person.” According to this verse, the only way to reach heaven and God is through the death and resurrection of Jesus. This verse says, basically, Jesus is it. He’s the only way, He is the truth, and He is life itself. Definitely controversial.

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